Events

Join UC Santa Barbara’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the launch of the 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues ♥

Join UC Santa Barbara's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the launch of the 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues: Anti-Blackness, Refusal, and Resistance: Fugitive Possibilities in Black Education by kihana miraya ross Wednesday, October 14 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM About the Speaker: kihana miraya ross received her doctorate from UC Berkeley in 2016 and…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues with Peniel Joseph ♥

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Join UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2020-2021 Series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues  The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. in the Age of Black Lives Matter by Peniel Joseph Friday, November 20 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM About the Speaker: In Fall…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues | A Crucible Moment for Race in America: The Crisis of Racial Capitalism and the Challenge of the Movement for Black Lives

Join UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the  2020-2021 Series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues  A Crucible Moment for Race in America: The Crisis of Racial Capitalism and the Challenge of the Movement for Black Lives by Barbara Ransby Wednesday, January 13 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM About the Speaker: Dr. Barbara Ransby is…

Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium ♥

Cross-Cultural Center | Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium Monday, January 18 through Friday, January 22, 2021 The Cross-Cultural Center is honored to present this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium virtually and we invite the campus community to participate. As we process and heal from witnessing recent disturbing and dangerous events in Washington, D.C., it…

UCI Author Frank Wilderson III, Afropessimism ♥ ★

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Acclaimed Memoirist and Theorist Frank B. Wilderson III in conversation with Jocelyn Burrell Afropessimism, long-listed for the National Book Award Published by W. W. Norton, 2020 RSVP Why does race seem to color almost every feature of our moral and political universe? Why does a perpetual cycle of slavery—in all its political, intellectual, and cultural…

Diversity & Justice Speaker Series: The Lynching Era and Contemporary Police Shootings of Blacks in the South ♥

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Diversity & Justice Speaker Series The Lynching Era and Contemporary Police Shootings of Blacks in the South DATE Mon, 02/08/2021 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm LOCATION Zoom DETAILS Abstract: The rate of police-involved killings in the U.S. greatly exceeds that of other industrialized nations and is highly racially disproportionate. Yet, we know relatively little about the antecedents of police violence, and even…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education ♥ ★

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How "Diversity" Underdeveloped Higher Education Featuring Joyce Bell, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Chicago Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m. RSVP: https://forms.gle/7gobMqeWBDsMEs1A6  Joyce M. Bell is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Chicago whose…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues: How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education by Dr. Joyce M. Bell ♥ ★

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Join UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues   How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education by Dr. Joyce M. Bell Friday, February 26th 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time About the Speaker: Joyce M. Bell is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Chicago…

Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series | “We Charge Genocide!” The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People ♥ ✚

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Join the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series "We Charge Genocide!" The Mental and Physical Tolls of Racial Battle Fatigue among Black People featuring William A. Smith, Professor and Department Chair, Education, Culture and Society, University of Utah Wednesday, March 31, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m.…

Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans ♥ ✚

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KLC | Collaboration and Coalition Building between Asian Americans and African Americans  Wednesday, April 14 at 12:00pm to 1:00pm  Virtual Event Please join the UCI Law Korea Law Center for a discussion with esteemed panelists, Professors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, Claire Jean Kim, and Sameer Ashar. Our panel will address how Asian Americans can take moments…